VISITATIONS AND TRANSFERS IN NON-INTACT HOUSEHOLS

Daniela Del Boca and Rocio Ribero

CHILD Working Papers from CHILD - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics - ITALY

Abstract: Recent research reveals that divorce negatively impacts children’s welfare as a consequence of the reduction in monetary and time contributions of the non-custodial parent. When the custody arrangement is sole custody, the variables that link the absent parent to the child are visitations and child support transfers. We explain visitations and child support transfers using a behavioral model of competitive equilibrium in which both variables are the results of competitive allocations realized in a decentralized non-cooperative manner. In our framework the mother has control over visitations and the father has control over child support. Estimates of the model are used to simulate the e"ects of alternative endowment levels on the proportion of time spent with the noncustodial parent and the ex-post parental income distribution. Our results show that a more equal allocation of time with the child, though beneficial to the children, may negatively a"ect the mother’s welfare, increasing the income gap between ex-spouses.

Keywords: VISITATIONS; TRANSFERS; HOUSEHOL. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 J12 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 1999-09
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Working Paper: Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households (1999)
Working Paper: Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households (1999)
Working Paper: Visitations and Transfers in Non Intact Households (1999)
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